His definition of God as a "supremely perfect being" is the basis of his argument. ... By this, Gaunilo is trying to criticize the process by which Anselm moves from his definition of God to his suggestion of God's existence. ... The foundation of his philosophy is that you must go outside a concept to determine whether it exists in reality. ... It would appear that mere definition is not enough. ...
Critically examine the argument for the existence of God which Descartes advances in The Third Meditation In this essay I am going to attempt to critically examine Descartes argument as to the existence of God, as set out in the Third Meditation, in Descartes "Meditations on First Philosophy". Descartes definition of God is a being that is infinite and perfect, "the possessor of all the perfections which I cannot grasp, but can somehow reach in my thought". ... Bibliography Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes, edited by John Cottingham, ...
Does absolute justice exist or not? This essay will present arguments for the existence of absolute justice. Many people disagree that absolute justice exists. Thus they argue that justice cannot be derived from nature since contradictory and different forms of justice exist in nature; and one can...
Anselm‟s Ontological Argument is certainly one of the most famous arguments in the history of philosophy. ... On the purpose of that he formulates that because the perfect island exists in the understanding, and its definition of perfection necessitates being exist in reality, the perfect island exists. ...
